Here is the thing about nature...

these are wild animals. They were removed a little over twenty plus years from nature and breed in captivity. Therefore...

We have begun a selective breeding process with these ectothermic desert dwelling reptiles.

So we have removed them from natural selection. (Survival of the fittest.)

We have induced artificial selection.



With natural selection you have nature that objectively removes the sick lame and lazy from the reproductive cycle. These animals genes are not permitted to be spread to future generations for good reason.


In some animal populations... one alpha male (most robust thriving dominant animal) will spread his genes to literally thousands and thousands of offspring.



In your case Robb...

The animal was not taken care of properly.


It is the person's fault that neglected the animal.

When you dump all kinds of medication into the animal, it has a number of issues, fungus growing on its head, is loosing weight, has no appetite, etc etc.


What are you doing by trying to perpetuate this and keep the animal alive? You are essentially prolonging a miserable meak meager existence.

If you wish to do what is best for the animals and as a whole, you need to stop being a tender loving selfish dearheart to the one animal and use that knowledge to help others never get to that point.

Just like...
When you see weak lame and lazy animals at the pet store... dont buy them thinking you're going to save the creature from misery.
Dont take in peoples animals that have been abused.

Stop the cycle of abuse and dont patronize those people or businesses.


It is sad when they get ill and do not recover. After a certain amount of due diligence, time, and money. Im sorry but it is best to euthanize the animal.

Only the person caring for the animal knows how much money, effort, time, and suffering buy the animal is tolerable.



In any case...

Dont pass the buck. That is how the whole thing started to begin with.

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